Thursday, 2 March 2017

Finally after a long push I am
starting my Lunch Menu Series. Even since I started blogging I had this idea of
starting Lunch Menu series in mind but somehow it was getting delayed for no reason. So this BM
when I saw the themes I picked Thali varieties. Thanks to Valli J

The very First Lunch Menu I wanted
it to be a grand Vegetarian Lunch .I prepared this for a weekend .So that I could
cook and click without any rush and still enjoy my Meal. Now let's get started with the Lunch Menu.

Soak
the rice and keep aside. Soak the Tamarind for Rasam and Dal Curry.

Chop Onions
and tomatoes.

Start
by boiling the Tomatoes for Rasam in one stove and pressure cook the Dal
along with onion and Tomatoes for Parupu Curry in another stove.

Meanwhile
chop the brinjal and Gobi . Grate the Coconut needed for the stir fry and Dal
Curry.

By this
time tomatoes would have been cooked. So now in another pan bring the water
to boil and add in the chopped Gobi .Set them also aside for 5 mins.

In the
same stove start preparing the Aubergine Fry. Meanwhile the Dal would
have been cooked .So in that stove start preparing the Gobi Stir Fry.

For the
Gobi Stir Fry .Start with tempering and then saute onion and then add in the
gobi along with turmeric powder and salt cook till the gobi is fully cooked
finally garnish with coconut and switch off the flame(Will be sharing the
recipe with step by step pics soon).

While
the gobi is getting cooked prepare for the Parupu curry. Once the gobi is
done parupu curry can be cooked in the same stove.

Aubergine
would also have been cooked now. So in that stove start preparing the Rice in
a pressure cooker.

Now
start beating the curd and prepare for the Thalicha Mor. Once the Parupu
curry is done Thalich Mor can be prepared easily.

Notes:

I have
used Store bought Banana Chips and Cookies for this Lunch.

The
Tomato thokku I have prepared the previous day.

It
totally took me 2 hours form the start till the end for preparing the food including preparation and cooking.

That's quite a filling thali Sharmila..good that you pushed yourself to make it. I simply love thalis and look forward to different ideas. Is cookies generally served as part of the thali in your place?